The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-08
HOW SHE WAS ROBBED.
Hrs. Hardwick Details Her Al.
venture with Burglars.
e7,see Taken from y BELT
Optnioa Of she Poiice.


". O. Hardwick Of $3.50, at her resi-
ience, No. SO Pontotoc street. on
" ednesday night last The announce
nent that the lady bad been chloro.
Iormed and q money belt containing
his sum, which was securely buck.ed
around her person, cut in two places
and taken away, made the vigilsnt
detectives open their eyes In amszr
cent and turn oil their energies to |
the capture Of the thief or thieves and
the recovery Of the money. But the
further the Investigation was pursued
tie more mys,i6ed they became. |
Doubts were even INDUCED In as to |
the actual commission Of the deed.
An APPHAL reporter visited the
house OF Mrs. Hardwick to see II she,
Who has been reluctant TO Discus the
matter, save with the officerr, had
anything 10 say In the wsy Of throw
ing light on the mystery. Her reel.
dence In q rev and handsome two
story frame, furnished In elegant taste
and costly style. She 10 . lady who
apparently has passed her forlieth
year, OF good appearance, stout and
hale. She was busting of the front
porch Of her house when the 70.
porter entered the gate. Introducing
himself, abe extended her hand, say
ing; ,,.y.,. ,,
want You 10 correct some oil the
eqreaious mifstatements which have
been made with regard TO my latest
.nisfortune. The published accounts
have been entirely wrong, except as
20 the amount, and even that Ii not
correct, for the loss was ~ SEQ instead
Of 81 500. Come In the pArlor and i
will tell you abou, II, Tor since It hss
been made public, greatly against my
visnes, the real facts should be
known. Some days sgo l went TO the
Union planters bank and drew out
o. 900 which had 10 my credit. The
cashier wanted 10 know what | was
going TO do with such large sum. 1
told him that I was going 10 keep u at
home. He insisted that i would be
robbed, bat - I had carried much
larger sums than that on my person
for weeks Of o time, / paid no atitn-
ton 10 him, and took the money out.
The reason ! took the money out was
that my husband, Ospt. Hardwick,
who Ia In the grain business, and optr.
a,es all along mp and down the Nile
sissippi and OHIO riverr, needs money
In HIS business, and will not carry
bank checks with him, as h. las .
rough ass Of men working fjr him,
and fears that some OF them might
suspect he had large sums OF money
and kill him on his boat. Ny bus
band was for years q pilot and steam
boat captain on the river here. He
never kept q hotel or restaurant, as
has been stated, In bis life. When
s,esmS, atips got 10 be dull, he quilt IL
and went into the grain business, buy
Ing corn and shipping IL TO New Or
leans"
"He failed some months ago for =
large sum, did he no,f
The lady seemed ifetttd al this In.
terroeAiiop, aud replied; "lee, but
don't want 10 talk soru' his shairs.
They have no,hirs ." ~ nth Thu
robbery; besides, 10 - d every cen
be owed, for so,d some Of my prop
erty In Louisyilis 10 aid him TO DO 90
and In order 10 start him In bushes
sssIn. have been sending hin
money on bis lNt trip. He 10 i
Louisville now, bat will be here "a
morrow. In the past week or %
have sent him consid srable smounts-
one time $500. Q lew days late
$500, and on Mordly last f20'
The money w1s sent In register.
packages. l never used checks, 4
he dossnt like 70 have anything 10 d
with bAnta But you want TO knor
about the robbery. | had been OF
20 Emw0od cemetery on Wsdncsda'
aud alter supper ! read until about
O'Clock, and then retired. / totk n
belt Of, a. wore II over my corsss
and then rebuckl,d IL On me. N
iexelry, watch aud dism md eross
put under the rug on which the se'
Ing machine est, near my bed"
Here Mrs. Hndslck remaiks'
.You had better come and 20 I
stairs and taks look nj the ROOT
You can undsrstsnd my Urplanati'
better" Ascending the richly c,
petsd stairway, the reporter vassho,
into the elegant sleeping apaitmsl
and his hostess continued. "No
here 10 where / sleep. Ny 10
daughter sleeps Jus, scfoss the way
that room. AZ l had started 10 3
ron, when went 10 bed i had I
money belt on, and my mis-
gown closely but,e5sd. AZ
o'clotk-I know II vs that boar,
I looked st my wsich-l got mp
set q dTi L Of water The belt '
stiIl arour a me for I felt for H.
cunning my bed ! WAS room iss, o. q
The robbery must have been ca
mi,tsd between 3 ard 4 o'clock In
morning. I thousst l head . moi
and about hall awakened. whei
man clspped this sponge mere ,
drew very ANAL spotg 70, soont
incbes tqnare from . drawer to
nose, sno I remembered no mo
the % 4 - SIS fo1bd on The q Jor
the bed the ne1t morning. Tn
must have been two VI them, Tor
curtains were rinped together and
Ess bsd been H., Tor there ~as ms
iyipg on this boIe,u night under
let. The robbery wss q
accumulated by cutting
holt from my bod" Here \
Hardxick produced tho belt, vi
he'd been Gu, sqnsrsly In two pla
"rne belt was evidently cut ~i b ,
sors pic. ing no The Scissor. LON
sewing machine. Every dis~sl
the bureau and ~.srs and v,rs 70
open sd the CO teas scat ef,c
tho ar; In fact, this
done Ia evJy ioom 10 tho 30
except the one Ia vl
my little ctpghi,r slept, In, /
wanted tothins bot UCniy, tor
look nothing ellie. Tbus clam,
Iusie eht held up her tspd, oa wi
Dsd alresdy zen obsei we'd four !
clutter rp,i would hstc be,pttI
100, bu' ior TIE iAct avaJs sec
glover N xibga pair OF heavy W d,